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Two issues

Please forgive me if this has already been covered but I tried searching for a while and had no luck on the issues.
First, I'm having trouble hooking up to routers but can hook up to my buddies phone when he is tethering. It didn't do this before but just recently. I flashed Sparksmod Rom and still had the issue, then tried the Gingerbread CM7 and still can't hook up. It says obtaining ip address then just cycles.
Second, I got a 4G phone hoping I would get better service at my work, but it doesn't seem like the signal will penetrate through most buildings, but my buddy has Sprint and gets 3G and 4G. I realize this is a different band but after I saw the data throttling hack I didn't know if I had a chance.
I would greatly appreciate any input, and will remove this post if anybody directs me to the issue post elsewhere.
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if i remember right data throttling was for those who received a message from tmobile saying they used to much data and i think tmo's 4g isnt so great right now depending on where you are, i get 4g sometimes and sometimes its just 3g. and about the routers i recommend trying to restart the router or manually add the router. good luck on fixing your problem

One of the best things about Tmo is that they offer wifi calling for free, but obviously that won't work if you can't connect to wifi. If you can't get wifi working you should revert back to stock and do a warranty exchange.
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Thanks for the input. I've honestly tried everything router wise.
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are you overclocked? you may need to apply the wifi fix if you are.

The overclock I'm running is packed in the rom. (Gingerbread cm7) Ill try to search the wifi fix thread. Thanks much!
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[Q]what is different from the wifi calling on cm7 and stock?

I was trying to troubleshooting bad wifi calling. Three different routers and still bad quality when using the stock 2.2.1 rom. When I tried rc4 the quality jumped to acceptable quality. Anyone else noticing this?

I use cm nightlies and have great success with wifi calling. My wife uses stock and people can never gear her when she uses it. Sounds lime she's standing in a closet talking.
No idea what the difference is.
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I got an echo on stock. Still crappy with cm7 rc 4. Just no echo.
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I will say absolutely nothing. I am running CM7, my wife is running 100% stock. Neither of us have any issues at all with wi-fi calling. Sounds like a regular full bar phone call for both of us. (horrible service at house so we always have it on)

My wife's issue is fixed.. kid stuck something in mic hole. Removed with toothpick and both of us have crystal clear wifi calling.
Kids are awesome. Sometimes.
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Nothing, in fact I am pretty sure its the same app
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mark manning said:
Nothing, in fact I am pretty sure its the same app
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But isn't the wifi driver different? Just a guess.

How to boost wifi signal?

I dont I need to tell anyone how horribly weak the wifi chip in this phone is. My question is is there a way to boost it in any way? Provide it with more power or something like that?

More power would only fry it. Better reception (i guess that's what you are after) would need better antennas.
Even if more power would help, it would be quite difficult to achieve it. I don't think it could be done from software.

I noticed its quiet weak also wish there was a way to give it a bit of a boost.

are there alternate drivers?

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are there alternate drivers?
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nope, my wifi seems quiet okay? ;/
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Antenna signal can be increased by applying more mW to the antenna or changing the antenna shape to get more dBi. In our case the 2nd is out of the question unless you're in for a hardware mod. But if there is a specific file which is responsible for that mW parameter than you could potentially give it more juice (I think) and if so it should give you better signal reception and longer range.
Typical WiFi cards are 100mW or less. I think if you look up the FCC specs on our phone it should say what ours output is.
BTW, this will definitely drain your battery faster.

The FCC link to NS4G

The WiFi range on this phone is pathetic.
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From the documents the best channel you should use is channel 6 if you can chose it on your router. It also looks like 802.11g is the standard which gave the largest bBi from it's antenna.
fyi
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My wifi signal is a joke
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Strange, wifi on my phone is a little better than on laptop. Not speed just radius.
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yeah the wifi sucks...
boosting signal strenght on my router did help a little though

Try out wifi tx power. It's on the market and it says it can adjust power suplly on the antenna

will getting a wifi n router help?

Just wait to see if the impending update fixes it. It'll be here this week.
-John
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johnbibbs said:
Just wait to see if the impending update fixes it. It'll be here this week.
-John
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isnt that for sprint users only?

ammarmalik said:
isnt that for sprint users only?
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I haven't read anything on it being one way or the other. Guess we'll know in the next 4 days. I hope it's for all Nexus S users for the sake of those who aren't on Sprint.
-John
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Wifi connection problems after using onavo data monitor app

Last week when the Onavo data monitor app appeared prominently placed on the market home screen I gave it a try.
Unfortunately it created a very annoying bug on my phone running JVU and Semaphore 2.5:
whenever my phone looses it's wifi connection for any reason it will not recognize and connect to available wifi anymore even if placed directly near the router with full signal strength!
The only way to get it connected again is switching wifi off and then on again...
I already uninstalled the app and did a factory reset but nothing changed. Probably it messed up some system files that don't get touched during factory reset.
As I'm in vacation now and don't have my data cable with me to flash a fresh firmware, is there any way to resolve this issue in other means?
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Nobody here with any idea how to resolve this? It's really annoying as even battery consumption goes up very much when the phone looses wifi and auto connects to 3g.
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I have no idea about your problem. I also have just installed Onavo on JVU firmware for a couple days, but everything is still ok....
So, I'm thinking the cause is from your router!! Why don't you try another wifi network?
Good luck!! ^^
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Thanks for your answer! It doesn't depend on my router. As I said I'm in vacation right now and therefor using many different available hotspots, it happens on all of them... :-(
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Any issues with battery drain and onavo? Cause it was sucking mine dry!! I thought it was semaphore's fault (i'm on icssgs 4.2) until i figure it out and uninstalled it. Now it is Almost as prior installing onavo. I have a feeling that it left some garbage behind though.

It definitely left some garbage behind and this thread is about to find out how to get rid of it.
Battery drain was and unfortunately still is very high on my device thanks to the non desired 3g connection instead of wifi...
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Try to flash a new kernel again. It may help you updating some files that control wifi.
I used onavo for couple of days, battery drains. Its functions already in ICS roms, Less but good.
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Thank you so much! That did the trick. The onavo garbage seems to be gone for good now.
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You are welcome,
Could you please tell us about the battery usage. Do you noticed some changes in battery life?
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Wifi problems...

My note always receive low wifi singals n low speed while other devices like ipad n sensation have full signals...can someone help me with that...
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The wifi signal icon sucks.
Its mean nothing...
If you wanna see the real strength of your wifi, check with "wifi analyzer" or similar from market...
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Bt even the download is slower thn other devices

hey dude from th photo the note has 3 lines full which is same with i-pad
just joking hahahaha

I agree about the Wifi. In areas where Wifi is weaker, my iPod Touch performs far better than the Note in connecting

Same issue with me from past two days of usage.
Which version of OS are you using as mine is DDLA1(Unrooted) and I am facing the same issue, I can say this because I have used older firmware version(DDKL1) earlier that was rooted and wifi was excellent.

Never had this problem with all the version I went through. Now I'm on stock rooted LB1
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I agree completely. The Notes wifi is quite weak. Can a new modem improve this?
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the wifi signal is comapriably slower than my old hd2, side by side they are both connected via n signal to the router, note is showing 52mb and the hd2 running android is showing 58mb

I get much better connection on the other side of my house than any previous phone or tablet. I must say that even a couple of metres from the router I can get only a couple of 'bars', but download is still very fast.

jeromepearce said:
I get much better connection on the other side of my house than any previous phone or tablet. I must say that even a couple of metres from the router I can get only a couple of 'bars', but download is still very fast.
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Ok, what modem are you running as my Note has a much slower download than my other devices.
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wifi much slower
Even i have been experiencing the same problem and with that my wifi also loses its network some times. ....also its slower my other phones

Modem does not control wifi.
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I am on basebans lb1 and build lb2

In my case I experience the same low bar and slow speeds. But worst of all, I can't connect to my wireless N router (only G) , the Note doesn't even see it!
I'm on ICS MidNote 2.0
Any ideas?
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Rayan said:
In my case I experience the same low bar and slow speeds. But worst of all, I can't connect to my wireless N router (only G) , the Note doesn't even see it!
I'm on ICS MidNote 2.0
Any ideas?
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Do a search (not being mean/rude, just not at a computer to find it for you) about WiFi on the Note in either this or the Q&A section. I read about a month ago that there's a text file that contains the authorized WiFi bands for your country, and since there's no US ROM the bands listed are incorrect. Of course you have to be rooted to change it (which you are), but I'm not so just living with G.
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Wifi Improved...!
aniketsharma9865 said:
I am on basebans lb1 and build lb2
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I rooted my device yesterday and flashed AbyssNote Kernel 4.2 and Wifi seems to work fine.

i also got this wifi problems, the htc desire hd got a much better signal

This is a big issue with my Note too. Sometimes signal will be showing aa strong, but then I get message....cannot connect to the server. Compared it to my s2, and the s2 had no problems making a connection.
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I don't have this problem anymore after get to change the motherboard..
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